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Yes it can and so can caffeine. Actually that is what I did to tip off labor in my fourth kid. I drank Mountain dew only for 48 hrs. Dehydrated the hell out of me and the caffeine acts as a uterine stimulant. It worked.

Yes it can. I was in labor for 10 hrs before I went to the hospital with my son and they were going to send me home because I was only 2cm dialated which I had been for 4 weeks until the dr checked my urine sample and said I needed to be started on fluids because I was so dehydrated. I started dialating after that and I had him 9hrs later. Be careful because it can start labor but it can also stop you from dialating.